Letters

“Distribution Watch” by Jason Kroll in “upFRONT”, January
2000, was a most enlightening article. However, the given URL
appeared to be www.khaOS.org, while it's actually www.kha0S.org
(note the O/0). The former URL, which I assumed was correct upon
reading, directed me to “Diario El Mundo del siglo XXI”, which I
was able to infer through my minimal knowledge of the Spanish
language was not KhaOS's web site. Though I found the “Diario El
Mundo del siglo XXI” most singularly intriguing, it would be
appreciated if your URLs were a tad clearer.

—Auknight Colather auknight@postmark.net

Sorry about that. Depending on the font, a capital O and a
zero can be difficult to distinguish —Editor

Light Up the Bat Signal

I really enjoyed your interview with Linus in the November
issue of Linux Journal. How refreshing to read
about a famous person who is normal and intelligent! I love the
questions you chose to ask, as well as the cover title you
chose—very humorous.

—Kimberly Guardino kimberly@zna.com

Lydia Kinata came up with the “Linus is Batman” cover. We
like it too —Editor

Thanks for the Magazines

I am writing to you to say thank you for the copies of
Linux Journal you have sent to me. I am a
researcher and computer programmer at the Higher Politechnical
Institute J.A.E. of Havana (ISPJAE) and specialize in writing
programs for industrial use (most in Delphi).

We are not familiar with UNIX systems, because these are not
very common in this country. In my university, only a few people
have installed Linux, and some communication servers run
UNIX.

Most people have Windows 95, 98 or NT. In our country, it is
easier to find an installation CD for Windows than one for Linux,
and most available programs are for the Windows platform. Finally,
at the universities and almost all over the country, no one has to
register and pay for Windows (I do not know what will happen with
this situation in the future). Therefore, people don't have to
worry about cost, and Linux being freely available is not a factor
in decision making.

Nevertheless, I have installed Linux (not without some
hardware problems) on my computer and find it very nice and
powerful.